Doesn't mean anyone should lose any sleep over it.
5,560 to one. It might just as well be deflected far away from our orbit as into it.
Is our number going to come up sometime? Almost certainly. Is there much we can do about it? Not really.
The only solution is to find things when they're very far away. This would require a lot of money. Nobody's stepping forward to fund these kinds of searches. Until they do, we're screwed. Even if they do, we may be screwed. Get used to it. We're an insignificant speck on a mote of dust.
5,560 to one. It might just as well be deflected far away from our orbit as into it.
Is our number going to come up sometime? Almost certainly. Is there much we can do about it? Not really.
The only solution is to find things when they're very far away. This would require a lot of money. Nobody's stepping forward to fund these kinds of searches. Until they do, we're screwed. Even if they do, we may be screwed. Get used to it. We're an insignificant speck on a mote of dust.